[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44222: Add Archive state to data erasure requests

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#44222: Add Archive state to data erasure requests
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 Reporter:  garrett-eclipse  |       Owner:  garrett-eclipse
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Privacy          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch      |     Focuses:  administration
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Changes (by garrett-eclipse):

 * keywords:  close => needs-patch
 * owner:  (none) => garrett-eclipse
 * status:  new => assigned
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Comment:

 Hi @xkon

 The concept of introducing an archive state to the requests workflow was
 one that went around quite a bit on Slack and some Trac ticket mentions.
 Primarily @desrosj and @allendav were contributors who I've discussed the
 concept with.

 With the current workflow one issue flagged early one was the fact users
 were trigger happy and would click the remove request button as soon as it
 became available deleting the request. In many cases these requests should
 be kept for some period of time for auditing and logging purposes.

 The idea of database restoration here was mostly to integrate the archived
 requests with a plugin such as the one you built here;
 https://github.com/mrxkon/personal-data-request-backups
 This way users could retain in archive their complete requests, export
 externally and in the case of database restoration they could pull in
 their exported requests to re-erase needed requests.

 Even if users don't opt for the security of an external export the archive
 state is beneficial in that it cleans up the requests table of completed
 requests without fully removing them from the system which in some
 legislations will assist with audits and proving requests have been
 completed.

 Trac references to mentions of this functionality;
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44674
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44707
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44500#comment:3
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44266#comment:2
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44068#comment:7
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43912#comment:4

 Slack references;
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C9695RJBW/p1527615516000016
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C9695RJBW/p1527615406000355

 Happy to discuss further here or on Slack but do believe this would be
 beneficial to users so am removing the `close` tag.

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